Attachment for fishing lines



J. M. BLEY, SR- ATTACHMENT FOR FISHING LINES. APPLICATION FILED JULY 23,1921.

-Patented Dec. 12, 1922.

Patented Dec. 12, 1922. I Y

a f I. UhllTEll) s irallin FATEN? .ronn .e nY, sit, or PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA. i.

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To all wZw nt-it may 0.010061%: found in practice to give satisfactory'and Be it known that l, Jorrn M. P i511, a reliable results, although it is to be under; citizen of the United States, residing at the stood that the various instrumentalities city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelwhich my invention consists can be varito phia, and State of Pennsylvania, have in ously arranged and organized and that my vented a certain new and useful Attachment invention is not limited to the precise arfor Fishing Lines, of which the following range'ment and organization of the instruis a specification. i mentalities as herein shown and described.

This invention generally stated has re While the device about to'be described is 65 lat-ion to fishing lines and has more particuapplicable to various kinds of fishing lines,

lar relation to fishing lines employed in it is particularly adapted for use upon deep-sea fishing. deep-sea iishing lines and the following de In deep-sea fishing the general practice scription, for illustrative purposes, is re is to permit the line to rest over the index stricted thereto. l5 finger of the fisherman so that as fish bite In the drawings 10 designates a line one an indication is given the fisherman to end of which is adapted to have attached draw in his line. Frequently the fisherman thereto a lead? and a hook or hooks and pulls in too quickly with the result that the other end of which is either held by the a fish is not properly hooked or not fisherman or secured to affixed object. inter: 75 hooked at all. This is particularly true in mediate the ends of the lineis interposed the' f the case of an inexperienced fisherman. device. .of the invention which generally The leading object of the present invenstated comprises an elastic member and tion is to provide a novel form of device for pair of clamps. In the, example shown in attachment to a. fishing line whereby the the. crawings each ,clamp comprises two bu 25 above objectionable feature may be en; 1} ton-like members ll- 12 of which member nated and a fisherman, even of the in 1.1 is provided with a'screw-tln:'eaded socket perienced type, may be enabled tomaterially l3 and member 12 with screw-threaded increase his catch. Other and further obstem Ll. These members may be of wood or jects reside in the provision of an arrangev other appropriate materiah .Connecting the lnent, combination and connection of parts twoclamps is a member of elastic material, for attaining the result sought by said leadas rubber, consisting of an elongated, flat,' object. strip 15 the ends of which each terminate in The invention consists of. the improve a disc-like portion 16 apertured as at 1'4". ments hereinafter described and finally In practice the apertured disc-like portions 35 claimed. of the elastic member are fitted over the The nature, characteristic features and stems 14 of buttons 12 and the line 10 caused scope of the invention will be more fully unto be coiled around each stem 14: as at 18 derstood from the following description leaving a loop or slack portion. 19 between taken in connection with the accompanying the two clamps. Buttons 11 are now 5 drawings forming part hereof, and in screwed to place to securely clamp the line which: 10 in this position ready for'use. A lishin Fig. l, is a fragmentary view in elevation taking bait in its mouth pullsupon line 10 of a fishing line equipped with a device emand causes the elastic member to stretch bodying features of the invention, said line until the slack of loop l'9 is taken up at 45 being illustrated in normal position. I which time a perceptible pull of the line Fig. 2, is a similar view illustrating the causes the hook to properly engage the position of the line at the time of a bite. mouth of the fish thus in efi'ect causing an 3, is a top or plan view of Fig. 2. automatic catch. The pull above re- Fig. at, is a detail view of the elastic eleferredto is caused by the fact that one end 5 50 ment shown in said figures, and of the line is fixed andthe fish is playing Fig. 5, is a view illustrating details of the hook-end of the line. V construction of the clamps. It will now be apparent that I have devised For the purpose of illustrating my ina novel and useful construction which emvention l have shown in the accompanying bodies the features of advantage enumerated 55 drawings one form thereof which is at pros as desirable in the statement of the invenent preferred by me, since the same has been tion and the above description and while I sent instance shown and dehare in ti in thereot sciioed "the preferred embodiment which has been found in practice to give satisfactoryand reliable results it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without depai leg from the spirit er scope of the invention or sacrificing its advantages.

What claim is: 1. in combination, a pair of spaced clamps an elastic member eacl" end of which l pressed between clamp part and line air-1o firmly between each clamp part with slacl: or ioop-lilre portion arranged intermediate said clamps. In deuce o f the character'stated a pair of disc-like oi. "es and an elastic member provided with misc-like ends connecting said clamps.

.8. Ina device of the character stated a pair or clamps each comprising button-like members having screwtlireaded engagement With one another an elastic member each end of? which is firmly pressed between a pair cf said members and a fishing line also firmly pressed between each pair of members with a slack or loop-lilie portion arranged intermediate said pairs of members.

In a device of the characterstated a pair of clamps each comprising button-like members or" which one member has a screw threaded socket and the other a screwthreaded stem and an elastic member connecting the stems of said clamp members the, ends of the elastic member being disclike and apertured for passage over said 5. In combination a fishing-line, spaced or loop-like portion arranged intermesaid means and a ti :tlat elastic membernnecting said means.

P a combination fishing-line, spaced 5 including disc-like members clamped thereto line having aslack or loop-liire portion arranged intermediate said means and an el stic member having disc-like ends connecting said means. in combinaticn'afishing line spaced means including; discdike members having screw-threaded engagement with one another clamped to said line which line has a slack or loop-like portionarranged intermediate said meansv and an elastic member connecting means;

E)- A. construction descrlbed in clalm 7,

cliaracteriaedby screw-threaded sockets for. screw threaded one set of disclike members;

stems'ior me other set of said members said ciastic member being apertured forpassage;

clamping means and an elastic member connesting said means.

in testimony whereof, l have hereunto signed my name.

JOHN M. BLEY, s1 

